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Bird odour: camouflage or communication?

By Marc Gilles|2022-03-08T18:25:16+00:0014 Mar 2022|avian biology, breeding biology, camouflage, communication, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, incubation, nest predation, nesting success, pair communications, physiology, plumage, reproductive signalling, smell|

Investigating the olfactory functions of preen oil in birds

Disjunct populations: connecting the dots

By Ashish Jha|2022-03-04T11:33:34+00:007 Mar 2022|birds of conservation concern, Conservation, distribution, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, evolution, fieldwork, genetic diversity, Genetics, habitat degradation, passerines, population dynamics, population structure, range expansion|

Discontinuous populations of Yellow-throated Bulbul are genetically connected

Hide and creep

By Juho Jolkkonen|2022-02-28T10:02:57+00:0028 Feb 2022|adaptation, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, behaviour, camouflage, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, fieldwork, habitat selection, IBIS, passerines, plumage, selection, woodland birds|

The Eurasian Treecreeper is well camouflaged – or is it?

Walking on the wild side

By Will Smith|2021-12-27T17:15:46+00:0027 Dec 2021|Conservation, domesticated, early-career researcher, ECR, evolution, Galliformes, gene flow, hybridization, pigeon, populations, selection|

What are the challenges of studying and conserving the wild forms of our domestic animals?

Aposematism in birds

By Tim Caro|2021-11-21T15:23:11+00:0022 Nov 2021|adaptation, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, ecology, evolution, IBIS, morphology|

Aposematism and mimicry in birds

Shiny feathers in the mountains

By Chih-Ming Hung|2021-09-30T11:45:55+00:0020 Sep 2021|adaptation, alpine birds, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, evolution, feathers, forest birds, IBIS, island birds, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage, population divergence, ultraviolet light|

Mountain babblers reflect more UV light than lowland babblers

How important is smell to birds?

By Robert Driver|2021-09-30T13:00:50+00:0013 Sep 2021|avian biology, evolution, Genetics, genomics, olfaction, sensory ecology, smell|

Genes used to detect odours are numerous in birds

The taxonomic grey zone of the Olive Woodpecker

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-08-12T07:18:36+00:0012 Aug 2021|demography, diversification, evolution, gene flow, Genetics, Taxonomy|

Should this African woodpecker be classified as two or three species?

Rapid morphological evolution on remote islands

By Chentao Wei|2021-07-15T18:47:32+00:0022 Jul 2021|BOU-funded, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, island birds, morphology, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Resolving the taxonomic status of an island dwarfism warbler population

Recognising next-door neighbours in the African bush

By Johann H. van Niekerk|2021-03-20T08:39:06+00:0022 Mar 2021|behaviour, diversification, evolution, Galliformes, phylogeny, Speciation, Taxonomy, vocalisations|

Crested Francolin subspecies produce distinctive calls to interact in their different habitats

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